Tsavo East national park – Tsavo East national park nicknamed as the “Theatre of the Wild”. Its famous with its large herds of the red-dusted Elephants which like rolling on the red dusty soil. The young ones like playing with the adults as they keep spraying themselves with the dust. At night the Elephants are found near the clear Blue water of the Palm-shaded Galana River. The blue water of the Galana river is the most Evocative image not only in Kenya but entire Africa. Tsavo East national park is the largest national park in Kenya covering total land area of 13,747 square kilometres. It’s the oldest national park in Kenya. It was established in April 1948 together with its counterpart Tsavo West national park. It was named after the Tsavo River that crosses the park from West to East.
Tsavo East national park is drained by two key Rivers those are Tsavo River and Athi river. The two rivers join together at the later stage forming the large and famous Galana River. The park is considered as one of the biodiversity strongholds not only in Kenya but entire world. Its managed by the Kenya Wildlife Service
The famous Kenyan park is one of the premium national parks in the country. It’s a home of the longest Plateau I the world covering a distance of over 300 kilometres. The Yatta Plateau is a key tourist attraction in Tsavo East national park. The park hosts a large number of permanent residents especially the large mammals that include all the African big five (lions, leopards, Elephants, Buffalo and Rhinos) other big game at the park include: Crocodiles, hippos, Waterbucks, Lesser Kudu, Wildebeests, Gerenuk, Zebras, Giraffes and many more. The park has a prolific bird life featuring over 500 bird species recorded across the park. The different habitants at the park has contributed greatly to the large number of bird species at the park.
Tsavo East is drier compared to Tsavo West hence making it mostly dominated by the open savannah grassland. The geography of park is also dotted with some Acacia trees together with some rough rocky surface area.